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Bappaditya Ray, M.D.

Bappaditya Ray, M.D.

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Neurology | Neurological Surgery

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  • Biography

    Bappaditya Ray, M.D., serves as the Chief and Medical Director of the Neurocritical Care at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital at Dallas.

    Clinical Interests: Dr. Ray's interests include hemorrhagic stroke, coma, status epilepticus, acute neuromuscular disorders, and traumatic brain injury. He has been involved in several investigator-initiated projects in subarachnoid hemorrhage, and acute ischemic stroke and also participates in multicenter clinical trials.

    Research: His primary research interests include studying the body's response to acute brain injury with a special focus on hypercoagulability and immune response. 

    Trainee Education: Dr. Ray is also involved in medical education by training medical students, residents, and clinical fellows and mentors trainees in their research projects. He was awarded Outstanding Attending Physician by neurology residents in 2018 and Most Influential Medical Educator by graduating neurology residents in 2015 at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.

    Background: Dr. Ray is a medical graduate from Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata, India. After his medical school, he trained in Anatomy and Developmental Neurobiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. His research focus during this training was the development of the human auditory pathway with a particular focus on early myelination in the peripheral cochlear nerve. He moved to the US in 2007 and completed his Neurology residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, and his Neurocritical Care fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. He is board-certified in Neurology and Neurocritical Care by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

    After completing his clinical training Dr. Ray joined as an Assistant Professor in Neurology at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City. He led the expansion of the Neurocritical Care Unit at Oklahoma University Medical Center after becoming the medical director of the unit. He also was the medical director of clinical research in the Department of Neurology and served in several leadership positions both in the department and the hospital. Subsequently, he moved back to UT Southwestern Medical Center as the medical director of the new Neurocritical Care Unit at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas. In addition, his academic appointment is as an Associate Professor in Neurology with a secondary appointment in Neurological Surgery. 

  • Education
    Medical School
    Nilratan Sircar Medical College, India (2001)
    Junior Resident
    All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India (2005), Anatomy and Neurobiology
    Residency
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (2011), Neurology
    Fellowship
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2013), Neurocritical Care
  • Research Interest
    • Activated platelets
    • Acute brain injury
    • Acute ischemic stroke
    • Coma
    • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
    • Systemic response after acute brain injury
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

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    Clinical outcome and cost effectiveness of acute ischemic stroke transfers for endovascular reperfusion therapy from geographically distant counties: Stroke transfer outcomes.
    Ray B, Mathews EP, Hernandez RS, Glaser KR, Washington HH, Salter A, Olson DM, Aiyagari V, J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2024 Aug 33 11 107981
    Unusual Cause of Acute Stroke in a Young Woman with Patent Foramen Ovale - Duplicated Inferior Vena Cava and May-Thurner Syndrome.
    Longoria S, Romito JW, Shah SH, Ray B, Neurohospitalist 2024 Jul 14 3 278-283
    Bundled Treatments in Poor-Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Do They Help?
    Ray B, Neurocrit Care 2023 Aug
    Strokes and Predictors of Outcomes.
    Williams S, Glaser K, Ray B, Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2023 Mar 35 1 1-15
  • Books

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  • Honors & Awards
    • Outstanding Attending Award, OU Neurology
      Best attanding physician awarded by all Neurology residents in clinical program at OU HSC (2018)
    • Most Influential Medical Educator Award, OU Neurology
      Awarded by graduating residents in Neurology (2015)
    • American Neurological Association Resident Symposium, American Neurological Association
      ANA award to attend annual meeting (2010)
    • Neurocritical Care Society Travel Grant recipient, Neurocritical Care Society
      Top 10 applicants to attend NCS meeting (2010)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Neurology (2008)
    • American Neurological Association (2018)
    • American Stroke Association (2010)
    • Neurocritical Care (2016)
    • Neurocritical Care Society (2009)
    • Society for Critical Care Medicine (2010)
    • Translational Stroke Research (2017)